1: <?php
 2: /**
 3:  * Ansel_Widget:: class wraps the display of widgets to be displayed in various
 4:  * Ansel_Views.
 5:  *
 6:  * Copyright 2008-2012 Horde LLC (http://www.horde.org/)
 7:  *
 8:  * See the enclosed file COPYING for license information (GPL). If you
 9:  * did not receive this file, see http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl.
10:  *
11:  * @author Michael J. Rubinsky <mrubinsk@horde.org>
12:  * @category Horde
13:  * @license http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl GPL
14:  * @package Ansel
15:  */
16: class Ansel_Widget
17: {
18:     /**
19:      * Factory method for creating Ansel_Widgets
20:      *
21:      * @param string $driver  The type of widget to create.
22:      * @param array $params   Any parameters the widget needs.
23:      *
24:      * @return Ansel_Widget object
25:      * @throws Ansel_Exception
26:      */
27:     static public function factory($driver, $params = array())
28:     {
29:         $driver = basename($driver);
30:         $class = 'Ansel_Widget_' . $driver;
31:         if (class_exists($class)) {
32:             return new $class($params);
33:         }
34: 
35:         throw new Ansel_Exception('Class definition of ' . $class . ' not found.');
36:     }
37: 
38: }
39: